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Re: Saab Stories
Posted by Bob Rosen (more from Bob Rosen) on Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:38:16
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

I was driving on the NY State Thruway during the last big snow, the night
of the Superbowl to be exact.  The snow was heavy and it was extremely
slippery.  No plows and no salt into the first hour of the storm at exit
14S on the Thruway.  I'm doing about 25 mph and all of a sudden this
Pontiac Trans Am loses it completely, skids across three lanes of highway
and hits the guardrail.  He does a 180 and winds up facing me in my lane! 
I'm driving a '90 9000T and I hit the brakes with the strength of a Lee
Majors - I had never heard the sound of ABS brakes pumping before.
The car stopped straight and true, no skid in at least an inch or two of
snow.  I hit the Pontiac head on.  My air bag didn't go off and I sliced
up the front bumper and took out the side marker light.
No one was hurt.  I am grateful that I was driving the Saab and that I had
ABS brakes.  Well worth the cost, IMHO.
It was my first collision in over 350,000 miles of driving.  
The story doesn't end there, however.  Two shaken drivers emerge from
their cars check the damage and proceed to hug one another, thanking God
almighty that they weren't hurt and that all is well.  A trooper comes
upon the scene and tells us to get off the Thruway, 'It's just too
dangerous out here.'  We both are insured by Geico and we both call in the
next day to report our versions of the accident.  Geico calls me and asks
me if I was in the left lane and tapped his bumper forcing both cars into
a skid and eventual head on collision.  Competing versions of the tale and
an inability to settle the claim go on for over a month.  My wife gets the
bright idea to find the trooper.  Why didn't I think of that, after all
how many 5'6'  African Americans are there on the force?  To make a long
story short, I find the Trooper, he remembers everything because he used
to own a TransAm and 'only a fool would be out on a night like that in one
of those!'   He tells Geico his version of the accident and they promptly
settle in my favor and send me a check for the damages.  One problem
though,  they check out my one speeding ticket and illegal left hand turn
and raise my insurance the exact amount they paid out to me!    
Love those ABS brakes, though!

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